Knives Out (Rian Johnson, 2019)

I can forgive this for being too story-driven since the murder mystery genre requires it. But too damn long is less forgivable. A good 20 minutes could have been charitably cut. And those Poirot/Marple-style crime solutions are dizzying and silly. Even the welcome undocumented immigrant angle was wasted on a trite ending. Still, it's heartening to learn that a non-franchise film can clean up at the box office although this will probably just start another venal franchise. Fun but forgettable.
Grade: B